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- the government and Solidarity-led opposition led to semi-free elections ... the government and Solidarity-led opposition led to semi-free elections ...12 KB (1,747 words) - 00:48, 4 February 2023
- . She has been elected to five separate parliamentary constituencies in the ... During her period in office, the leader of the official opposition ...24 KB (3,377 words) - 23:03, 30 January 2023
- onto only eight of the total of 168 parliamentary seats. In 1980 she was ... Banadaranaike spent the next 17 years in opposition warding off challenges ...10 KB (1,551 words) - 09:08, 9 October 2022
- points of order. She was also Speaker during an Opposition campaign against the Energy Security Act, which culminated in a two-week bell-ringing episode ...18 KB (2,686 words) - 17:42, 2 April 2024
- and was opposed by the Conservative opposition, many of whom were large ... reform/from-the-collections/from-the-parliamentary-collections-the-parliament ...24 KB (3,606 words) - 20:48, 26 March 2024
- The Acts of Union were a pair of Parliamentary Acts passed in 1706 ... and lack of cohesion between the various opposition groups in the House, rather ...14 KB (2,210 words) - 17:39, 27 June 2023
- responsibilities had been considered, opposition by a number of politicians ... the members of the party formed a united opposition Democratic Nationalist ...21 KB (3,199 words) - 11:47, 1 February 2024
- "Speaker to be chosen from the opposition benches since 1835". ... Boothroyd contested parliamentary seats at Leicester South East (1957 ...16 KB (2,349 words) - 18:00, 29 September 2023
- 1976. A year later, she was appointed Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry ... She assumed the official leadership of the opposition. ===Second Term ...21 KB (2,959 words) - 00:25, 12 April 2023
- 1888, lured largely by the prize of a parliamentary constituency. ... back benches. Facing a resurgent Liberal opposition and the threat of an internal ...21 KB (3,355 words) - 00:00, 3 December 2021
- was the principal leader of the baronial opposition to King Henry III of England ... In 1254, however, he led Parliamentary opposition to Henry's ...26 KB (4,217 words) - 22:11, 29 January 2023
- as Deputy Prime Minister in 1989. In opposition from 1990 until 1999, she ... === Leader of the Opposition === From October 1990 until December 1993 ...30 KB (4,497 words) - 15:18, 25 January 2023
- or less appointed the MP), he pursued parliamentary reforms to make the institution ... American colonies. Pitt also supported parliamentary reform measures, including ...28 KB (4,338 words) - 18:25, 17 April 2023
- of Finland as a result of the 1905 parliamentary elections. ... 18. Both the Liberal government and the opposition subsequently claimed credit ...16 KB (2,464 words) - 23:28, 17 May 2023
- Edward III. In 1321, he joined baronial opposition to Edward's profligacy ... == Opposition to Edward II == Edward's rule was unpopular with ...18 KB (2,777 words) - 02:39, 16 December 2022
- The Douglas bill caused a firestorm of opposition because it allowed ... the Lecompton Constitution, despite the opposition of Senator Douglas, who ...12 KB (1,759 words) - 02:44, 5 October 2022
- in 2001. She was official leader of the opposition 1991 to 1996 and again ... all contributed to her success as party, opposition and government leader. ...39 KB (5,517 words) - 21:25, 20 December 2022
- to swing in her favor. Election of the opposition party to government in ... In December 2001, she suffered a setback in the parliamentary election ...18 KB (2,650 words) - 01:16, 4 December 2023
- Labour Prime Minister to serve a full Parliamentary term and the first to ... Service. After initial Conservative opposition, this settlement, generally ...22 KB (3,382 words) - 11:07, 19 December 2023
- in the framework of an independent parliamentary democratic Commonwealth ... two on the advice of the leader of the opposition. The parliamentary term ...18 KB (2,550 words) - 00:56, 23 December 2022
- During the First World War he became Parliamentary Private Secretary to ... fewer votes than the Conservatives. In opposition, Baldwin was almost ousted ...18 KB (2,603 words) - 18:42, 14 October 2022
- weakened government and Solidarity-led opposition led to semi-free elections ... or AWS), would win the Polish parliamentary election, but lose the ...34 KB (5,074 words) - 00:48, 4 February 2023
- the less populous boroughs, and granted parliamentary seats to several growing ... legislation, for a maximum of three parliamentary sessions or two calendar ...50 KB (8,030 words) - 02:42, 22 November 2023
- a platform of promoting constitutional parliamentary democracy. ... the Constitution and began ignoring the parliamentary body in making presidential ...28 KB (4,106 words) - 16:48, 30 March 2024
- The appearance of a widespread, organized opposition movement among ... against absolute monarchy and toward parliamentary rule in the West," ...12 KB (1,805 words) - 18:43, 2 May 2023
- was one of the leaders of the baronial opposition to Edward II of England ... Thomas Plantagenet upheld the principles of Parliamentary oversight ...17 KB (2,615 words) - 20:54, 31 October 2022
- ministers of each member state, the Parliamentary Assembly composed of ... of the Committee of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly under the Statute ...42 KB (6,144 words) - 08:27, 10 January 2024
- Labour surpassed the Liberal Party as the main opposition to the Conservatives ... agreement. Members who are elected to parliamentary positions take part in ...55 KB (7,952 words) - 19:37, 16 July 2023
- he assumed the position of Leader of the Opposition. After initially falling ... one of the best political speakers and parliamentary debaters of his time ...39 KB (5,698 words) - 00:11, 3 January 2024
- serving, and in August 1827 married, in opposition to his mother’s wishes ... 1858, when her husband was standing as parliamentary candidate for Hertfordshire ...12 KB (1,914 words) - 18:21, 12 February 2024
- Whilst on leave, Callaghan was selected as a Parliamentary candidate ... Callaghan was soon appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry ...29 KB (4,489 words) - 01:32, 8 February 2023
- at the whim of the monarch, with little parliamentary control. The history ... reign, the King was sometimes forced by parliamentary pressure to appoint Prime ...42 KB (6,582 words) - 21:49, 26 April 2023
- 1801, Canning loyally followed him into opposition and again returned to office ... Canning resigned from office once more in 1820, in opposition to the ...19 KB (2,752 words) - 08:08, 13 December 2023
- 1980s. In the 1970s, he served as the parliamentary leader of opposition ... in the next Presidential election. The opposition parties united under the ...27 KB (3,941 words) - 22:56, 3 March 2023
- enjoyed popularity, however, for his opposition to the 2003 invasion of ... Unlike the 2002 election, which was largely won on his opposition ...24 KB (3,672 words) - 17:35, 14 December 2023
- in the Golden Act of 1592, which gave parliamentary approval to Presbyterian ... the work of the Scottish Churches' Parliamentary Office in Edinburgh. ...20 KB (2,987 words) - 22:00, 10 December 2023
- for education, overseas missions, parliamentary reform, and religious ... to 88, Wilberforce did not give up. The opposition that carried on for more ...18 KB (2,796 words) - 15:18, 14 May 2023
- press, most notably that of the opposition, who focused far more attention ... the most outspoken members of the Whig Opposition. He effectively defended ...29 KB (4,445 words) - 00:47, 29 November 2022
- deep divisions within the political opposition, called for Presidential ... brief disagreement between the five main opposition parties (a preference for ...18 KB (2,831 words) - 14:50, 7 February 2023
- American Revolution and for his strong opposition to the French Revolution ... with principled criticism in times of opposition. Burke argued strongly ...23 KB (3,559 words) - 18:14, 12 February 2024
- Bahamas take place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic ... the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition. The Governor General appoints ...26 KB (3,773 words) - 15:29, 30 April 2023
- or taking part in campaigns in opposition to the declared policy ... July 5 1948, having overcome political opposition from both the Conservative ...28 KB (4,168 words) - 18:03, 27 July 2023
- Europarl or EP) is the directly elected parliamentary body of the European ... it renamed itself the "European Parliamentary Assembly." The three ...60 KB (8,687 words) - 04:34, 23 March 2024
- he spent long periods away in London during the parliamentary session, in which he was an advocate for issues such as women's suffrage and for reform ...10 KB (1,527 words) - 22:25, 4 December 2023
- to the west and south. The country is a parliamentary democracy and constitutional ... Politics in Belize take place in a framework of a parliamentary representative ...24 KB (3,475 words) - 08:53, 27 September 2023
- a two-thirds majority in the March 2005 parliamentary election, allowing it ... of 700,000 mostly poor supporters of the opposition. This caused a sharp reaction ...23 KB (3,136 words) - 13:29, 24 January 2023
- credited with laying the foundation for Parliamentary democracy. Cromwell did ... people by his policies of raising extra-parliamentary taxes and imposing his ...31 KB (4,911 words) - 00:22, 18 November 2022
- | government_type = Unitary non-partisan parliamentary constitutional ... was unable to land there due to fierce opposition by the local population ...14 KB (2,088 words) - 02:29, 16 November 2022
- independence election, held under a parliamentary system, neither party ... were held in April 1964 with many opposition participants. BDG-supported ...23 KB (3,343 words) - 07:34, 15 April 2024
- brothers, and to receive a similar Parliamentary grant, but his father ... Catholic Emancipation Bill against the opposition of his brother (and eventual ...36 KB (5,444 words) - 21:27, 8 February 2024
